Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-10-07

chased about $500 head of cattle at
Mason City, Iowa. The dealers realized
| over $4,000 from the sales.
The elevator at Whiteland, D. L, be-
longing to the North Dakota Elevator
company, containing 45,GO0 bushels of
wheat, burned Friday.
THE Farmers Review, of Chicago, es-
Inmates that The total corn crop of the
country this season will be but 100000,
600 bushels.
KNAPP, STOUT & Co. have sold their saw
mills, pine lands and lumber interests
along the Red Cedar River to the Missis-
sippi Logging Co. for S6,700,O00.
THE Lincoln (Neb.) Fire Insurance
company has failed after one years bust
ness. The loss to stockholders, ii is said,
will reach 100000. receiver will be ap-
pointed.
The most remarkable echo known is
that in the castle of Simonetta, two miles
from Milan. 1t reports the sound of q
pistol sixty times.
AN ACREAGE human pulse ct infancy is
l40 per minutej at 2 years, 100; from 16
to 10, so; at manhood, rs; old age, so.
THE wheat crop of Oregon is the
largest ever known. The surplus for ex-
port will be fully 424, 600 tons.
SOME vjneyardists in the Napa valley,
California, are paying as high as 81 a
day for grape Plckers.
The George Weber Brewing Company
of Cincinnati, made assignment Monday,
with $5000000 liabilities aud $35O,00O
assets. Preferences for q large amount
were given.
The strike in tiie wooden mills at Louis
vile, inaugurated two months ago, has
proved failure, and the weavers are re.
turning TO work at employers terms. 1t
is said to be a severe defeat for the
Knights of Labor.
CHAIRMAN JONES is said to have indi-
Gated his purpose Lot to call the republi
can national committee together until
January, which is taken as an indication
that the nominating convention will not
meet before next July.
UNDER the order restoring to settle
ment the indemnity lands OF the North
ern Pacific railroad, from $4,000 to 3d.
600 acres will be open for entry in Otter
Tail and Douglas counties, Minnesota, on
the lst of December, at the Fergus land
Office.
The appraisement of the property of
Robert Hare Powell 81 Co., and Robert
Hare POwell's Sons & Co., who failed
Aug. %, has been finished. The assets
amount TO $4,333, ,O64.4O; liabilities, ST.
100000,
TIE senate substitute for the Glenn ed
ucation bill was killed Wednesday in the
Georgia house, which body adopted res
olution that the $4,000 annual appropria-
tion to the Atlanta university be withheld
unless that institution shall forever cease
co-education of the races.
AN educated Chinaman told Los
Angeles, Cal, Tribune reporter that the
Chinese are forming a vigilance commit
tee to drive out and punish highbinners,
who are focking there in great numbers,
and trouble is expected.
THE famous Dismal swamp of Virginia
is 20 longer used rs shelter for run
away slaves, of course, but it is believed
to be the hiding place of at least one
hundred white men, VINO, for various ree-
sons, want TO retire to private life for
spell.
The report of the receiver of the in
solvent cattle firm of Swan Brothers,
made Thursday at Cheyenne, Wy. T.,
shows assets of SS08, ,S60.04, with liabili-
ties of $608, ,999.72. The inference is that
if forced sales are not made creditors
will be paid in full.
FRIENDS Of the Indians IN session at
Mohonk Lake, n. Y, protested Thursday
against the order of the Indian Bureau
prohibiting the use of the native language
in reservation schools. They believe it
will retard the Christianiziug of the
aborigines.
THE vendetta ia Bell county, Kentucky,
has resulted in another death. Howard
Monroe was sitting in a room with Miss
Edith Turner, when two shots were fired
through a widow, both entering the
young mans body, and killing him in
stantly. He was opposed 10 the faction
headed by Jack Turner, the desperate,
recently killed. The young lady was
Turner's daughter, and it is alleged she
lured Monroe to his death.
The Massachusetts Republican State
Convention Wednesday nominated Oliver
Am2s for Governor, j. G A. Bracket,
Lieutenant Governor; Alauson W. Beard,
State Treasurer; Charles r. Ladd, Auditor,
and A. j. Waterman, Attorney General.
The resolutions favor a protective tariff,
pensions for veterans, reconstruction of
the navy, reduction of internal revenue
taxation, cessation of the coinage of sill
yer, suppression of the liquor traffic, and
asks for the submission to vote of the
people of a prohibitory amendment.